Shoe-fastening.



No. 645,309 Patented Mar. l3, l900.

A. 0. CARMAN &. l. S. MORRIS.

SHOE FASTENING.

(Application filed 009- 20, $899.

(No Model.)

I INVENTORS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALVIN O. CARMAN AND ISAIAH S. MORRIS, OF BELDING, MICHIGAN.-

SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,309, dated March13, 1900.

Application filed October 20, 1899. Serial No. 734,227. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALVIN O. CARMAN and ISAIAH S. MoRRIs, residents ofBelding, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Fastenings; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in shoe-fastenings, and moreparticularly to eyelets, the object of the invention being to provide asimple and efficient eyelet for use in shoe-fastenings and the like andto so construct the same that it will be cheap to make, easy to apply,and effectual in the performance of its functions.

With this object in View the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction of our improved eyelet and a certain improvedsystem of lacing, as will be more fully hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing a shoe providedwith our improved eyelets. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of one of theeyelets. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a blank for making said eyelet,and Fig. 4 is a view showing one of said eyelets secured to the shoe. N

A represents a shoe of ordinary construction, B the lacing-cord, and 1 aseries of eyelets secured at intervals along both sides of the openfront portion of said shoe. In constructing the eyelets 1 we first stampa blank, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, comprising the body portion 2,having the downwardly-projecting tubular portion 3 stamped therefrom andslit to 'form a central tongue 4, and two jaws or fingers 5, onedisposed on each side of the tongue 4. The tongue 4 is provided on itsouter end with oppositely-disposed lugs 6, and the fingers or jaws 5 arebent at right angles to the body and the tongue bent to form a loop oreye and the lugs 6 disposed behind the fingers orjaws 5 and secured inplace, thus forming our improved eyelet, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

To secure the eyelet to the shoe, the shoe is punched to receive thetubular portion 3, which latter is upset at its inner end and clampedagainst the shoe, and the jaws 0r fingers 5 are bent back against theinner face of the shoe, thus firmly securing the eyelet in place andsecuring the eye formed by the tongue 4 against the edge of the openportion of the shoe and in position to receive the lacing or string B,as will now be explained.

Various slight changes might be resorted to in the general form andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from thespirit and scope of our invention, and hence we would have it understoodthat we do not wish to limit ourselves to the precise details set forth,but consider ourselves at liberty to make such slight changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desireto secure by Let ters Patent, is-

An eyelet consisting of a body portion pro vided at one end with meansfor securing the eyelet to a support, jaws or fingers at the other endof said body portion and adapted to em brace the edge of said support, atongue be tween said jaws or fingers bent to form an eye or loop, thefree ends of said tongue pro jecting between said fingers or jaws andpro= vided with laterally-projecting lugs secured thereto.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ALVIN O. OARMAN. ISAIAH S. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

CHARLES EDDY, M. A. REED.

